Harrison Howell
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Harrison Howell is a character in the musical "Kiss Me, Kate," typically portrayed as a wealthy, politically ambitious suitor whose presence complicates the romantic entanglements of the main characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harrison Howell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5492442 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harrison Howell Context triple: [Kiss Me, Kate, originalBroadwayCastCharacter, Harrison Howell]
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A.
Timothy Harris
Timothy Harris is an American screenwriter and producer known for co-writing popular comedies such as "Brewster's Millions," "Trading Places," and "Twins."
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B.
Howell Binkley
Howell Binkley was an acclaimed American lighting designer known for his innovative, expressive work on numerous Broadway productions, including the hit musical "Hamilton."
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C.
George Hively
George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
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D.
Joseph Howard
Joseph Howard is the screenwriter best known for writing the hit 1992 comedy film "Sister Act."
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E.
George Haight
George Haight was a film producer active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his work on projects such as "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harrison Howell Target entity description: Harrison Howell is a character in the musical "Kiss Me, Kate," typically portrayed as a wealthy, politically ambitious suitor whose presence complicates the romantic entanglements of the main characters.
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A.
Timothy Harris
Timothy Harris is an American screenwriter and producer known for co-writing popular comedies such as "Brewster's Millions," "Trading Places," and "Twins."
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B.
Howell Binkley
Howell Binkley was an acclaimed American lighting designer known for his innovative, expressive work on numerous Broadway productions, including the hit musical "Hamilton."
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C.
George Hively
George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
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D.
Joseph Howard
Joseph Howard is the screenwriter best known for writing the hit 1992 comedy film "Sister Act."
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E.
George Haight
George Haight was a film producer active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his work on projects such as "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
stage character ⓘ |
| alignment | antagonistic ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation |
Kiss Me, Kate (1953 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kiss Me, Kate
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| appearsInGenre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
marriage vs career
ⓘ
power and control in relationships ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
authoritative ⓘ controlling ⓘ |
| complicatesRomanceOf |
Fred Graham
ⓘ
Lilli Vanessi ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Cole Porter ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | backstage musical comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
obstacle to reconciliation
ⓘ
romantic rival ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| partOfWork |
Kiss Me, Kate (1948 musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kiss Me, Kate
|
| politicalAmbition | high political office ⓘ |
| portrayedIn1953FilmBy | Howard Keel’s rival character analogue ⓘ |
| relationshipTo | Lilli Vanessi’s fiancé ⓘ |
| romanticInvolvementWith | Lilli Vanessi ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Baltimore ⓘ |
| socialStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Harrison Howell Description of subject: Harrison Howell is a character in the musical "Kiss Me, Kate," typically portrayed as a wealthy, politically ambitious suitor whose presence complicates the romantic entanglements of the main characters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.